COON: more holes than swiss cheese

An argument has long raged over the name of Australia's COON Cheese. Aboriginal social justice activist Dr Stephen Hagan began a campaign against the name in 1999. For years, brand owners denied the brand name was a slur, stating that the name honoured the inventor of a unique, ripening process used in the production of the cheese, E. W. Coon.
Dr Hagan questioned the veracity of that story. However, various brand owners offered no evidence other than a patent registered by E. W. Coon in the ...